Group of Banking Veterans Strengthens Pinnacle Financial Partners in Maryland

Pinnacle Financial Partners announced the additions of Jack Saffran, Carrie Heckendorf, Miranda Price and Jenny Orndorff to its Maryland team. They are serving clients from the firm’s Columbia Merriweather office.

“These four professionals bring a wealth of expertise and are already making a positive impact on our team and within the community we serve,” said Scott Springmann, area manager. “Their diverse skills and dedication to client service perfectly align with our firm’s values, and they have already become instrumental in helping us deliver the distinctive level of service our clients have come to expect.”

Saffran, a financial advisor specializing in personal wealth strategies, most recently served as a premier banker and vice president for Truist. Throughout his 20-year financial career, he has also served in several leadership and advisory capacities. He received his bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Maryland Baltimore County, and is involved in his community, serving as a mentor for Father Formation Ministry and coach for youth sports.

Heckendorf has 24 years of experience and serves as a financial advisor assistant. She joined Pinnacle from Truist, where she served as a commercial client specialist. She also held key positions at BB&T and Susquehanna Bank.

Price serves Pinnacle as a client service advisor with 20 years of experience. She previously served as a branch manager and vice president at Wells Fargo and has prior experience at Bank of America, State Employees Credit Union, Sovereign Bank and Capital One Bank. She graduated from the University of Maryland Global Campus with a bachelor’s degree in business administration.

Orndorff serves as a credit advisor and joined Pinnacle from Truist, where she served in several key roles throughout her career, most recently as a portfolio manager. She brings 21 years of experience to Pinnacle and received her bachelor’s degree in business administration from Frostburg State University.

Pinnacle Financial Partners provides a full range of banking, investment, trust, mortgage and insurance products and services designed for businesses and their owners and individuals interested in a comprehensive relationship with their financial institution. The firm is the No. 1 and fastest growing bank in the Nashville-Murfreesboro-Franklin MSA, according to 2023 deposit data from the FDIC. Pinnacle is No. 11 on the 2024 list of 100 Best Companies to Work For^® in the U.S., its eighth consecutive appearance and was recognized by American Banker as one of America’s Best Banks to Work For 11 years in a row and No. 1 among banks with more than $10 billion in assets in 2023.

Pinnacle entered the National Capital Region in November 2021 by recruiting six local financial services professionals to open an office in Northern Virginia. The firm is the No. 24 largest bank in the Washington, D.C. MSA by deposits, according to FDIC data as of June 30, 2024.

The firm began operations in a single location in downtown Nashville, TN in October 2000 and has since grown to approximately $50.7 billion in assets as of September 30, 2024.  As the second-largest bank holding company in Tennessee, Pinnacle operates in several primarily urban markets across the Southeast.

Additional information concerning Pinnacle, which is included in the Nasdaq Financial-100 Index, can be accessed at www.pnfp.com.